npm link problem test

a.js

#!/usr/bin/env node
require('util').debug('A');

b.js

#!/usr/bin/env node
require('A');
require('util').debug('B');

global-install.sh

npm install -g ./A
npm install -g ./B

install.sh

npm install ./A
npm install ./B

link.sh

npm link ./A
npm link ./B

npm-debug-global-install.log

info it worked if it ends with ok
verbose cli [ 'node', '/usr/local/bin/npm', 'install', '-g', './B' ]
info using npm@1.1.9
info using node@v0.6.13
verbose config file /Users/standa/.npmrc
verbose config file /Users/standa/.node_modules/etc/npmrc
verbose config file /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/npmrc
verbose cache add [ './B', null ]
silly cache add: name, spec, args [ undefined, './B', [ './B', null ] ]
verbose parsed url { pathname: './B', path: './B', href: './B' }
verbose caching B/package.json
verbose loadDefaults B@1.0.0
verbose pack /private/tmp/gist-775920/B
verbose pack /private/tmp/gist-775920/B /var/folders/t6/grvr7n5x2lv33yjq__jwk8p00000gn/T/npm-1331917212659/1331917212659-0.16876678867265582/tmp.tgz
silly makeList /private/tmp/gist-775920/B
silly dir, dirLen [ '/private/tmp/gist-775920/B', 27 ]
verbose tarball /var/folders/t6/grvr7n5x2lv33yjq__jwk8p00000gn/T/npm-1331917212659/1331917212659-0.16876678867265582/tmp.tgz
verbose parent /private/tmp/gist-775920/B
verbose mkdir (expected) error ENOENT, stat '/var/folders/t6/grvr7n5x2lv33yjq__jwk8p00000gn/T/npm-1331917212659/1331917212659-0.16876678867265582/package'
verbose mkdir done: /var/folders/t6/grvr7n5x2lv33yjq__jwk8p00000gn/T/npm-1331917212659/1331917212659-0.16876678867265582/package 755
verbose unpack_ uid, gid [ undefined, undefined ]
verbose unpackTarget /var/folders/t6/grvr7n5x2lv33yjq__jwk8p00000gn/T/npm-1331917212659/1331917212659-0.16876678867265582/package
silly gunzTarPerm modes [ '755', '644' ]
verbose gunzed /var/folders/t6/grvr7n5x2lv33yjq__jwk8p00000gn/T/npm-1331917212659/1331917212659-0.16876678867265582/package
verbose caching /var/folders/t6/grvr7n5x2lv33yjq__jwk8p00000gn/T/npm-1331917212659/1331917212659-0.16876678867265582/package/package.json
verbose loadDefaults B@1.0.0
verbose tarball contents [ 'package', 'tmp.tgz' ]
verbose from cache /var/folders/t6/grvr7n5x2lv33yjq__jwk8p00000gn/T/npm-1331917212659/1331917212659-0.16876678867265582/package/package.json
verbose pack /var/folders/t6/grvr7n5x2lv33yjq__jwk8p00000gn/T/npm-1331917212659/1331917212659-0.16876678867265582/package
verbose pack /var/folders/t6/grvr7n5x2lv33yjq__jwk8p00000gn/T/npm-1331917212659/1331917212659-0.16876678867265582/package /Users/standa/.npm/B/1.0.0/package.tgz
silly makeList /var/folders/t6/grvr7n5x2lv33yjq__jwk8p00000gn/T/npm-1331917212659/1331917212659-0.16876678867265582/package
silly dir, dirLen [ '/var/folders/t6/grvr7n5x2lv33yjq__jwk8p00000gn/T/npm-1331917212659/1331917212659-0.16876678867265582/package',
silly dir, dirLen   109 ]
verbose tarball /Users/standa/.npm/B/1.0.0/package.tgz
verbose parent /var/folders/t6/grvr7n5x2lv33yjq__jwk8p00000gn/T/npm-1331917212659/1331917212659-0.16876678867265582/package
verbose mkdir (expected) error ENOENT, stat '/Users/standa/.npm/B/1.0.0/package'
verbose mkdir done: /Users/standa/.npm/B/1.0.0/package 755
verbose unpack_ uid, gid [ undefined, undefined ]
verbose unpackTarget /Users/standa/.npm/B/1.0.0/package
silly gunzTarPerm modes [ '755', '644' ]
verbose gunzed /Users/standa/.npm/B/1.0.0/package
verbose caching /Users/standa/.npm/B/1.0.0/package/package.json
verbose loadDefaults B@1.0.0
silly updated sha bytes 304
info shasum a99d3b79c10c70b226fed847b033ac133a30b613
info shasum /Users/standa/.npm/B/1.0.0/package.tgz
verbose from cache /Users/standa/.npm/B/1.0.0/package/package.json
verbose chmod /Users/standa/.npm/B/1.0.0/package.tgz 644
verbose chown [ '/Users/standa/.npm/B/1.0.0/package.tgz', 501, 20 ]
silly resolved [ { name: 'B',
silly resolved     version: '1.0.0',
silly resolved     main: './b',
silly resolved     bin: { 'npm-test-b': './b.js' },
silly resolved     dependencies: { A: '>=1.0.0' },
silly resolved     engines: { node: '>=0.2.0' },
silly resolved     _id: 'B@1.0.0',
silly resolved     devDependencies: {},
silly resolved     optionalDependencies: {},
silly resolved     _engineSupported: true,
silly resolved     _npmVersion: '1.1.9',
silly resolved     _nodeVersion: 'v0.6.13',
silly resolved     _defaultsLoaded: true,
silly resolved     dist: { shasum: 'a99d3b79c10c70b226fed847b033ac133a30b613' },
silly resolved     _from: './B',
silly resolved     scripts: {} } ]
info into /Users/standa/.node_modules/lib B@1.0.0
info installOne B@1.0.0
verbose from cache /Users/standa/.npm/B/1.0.0/package/package.json
info unbuild /Users/standa/.node_modules/lib/node_modules/B
verbose mkdir (expected) error ENOENT, stat '/Users/standa/.node_modules/lib/node_modules/B'
verbose mkdir done: /Users/standa/.node_modules/lib/node_modules/B 755
verbose unpack_ uid, gid [ undefined, undefined ]
verbose unpackTarget /Users/standa/.node_modules/lib/node_modules/B
silly gunzTarPerm modes [ '755', '644' ]
verbose gunzed /Users/standa/.node_modules/lib/node_modules/B
verbose caching /Users/standa/.node_modules/lib/node_modules/B/package.json
verbose loadDefaults B@1.0.0
info preinstall B@1.0.0
verbose from cache /Users/standa/.node_modules/lib/node_modules/B/package.json
verbose readDependencies: using package.json deps
verbose from cache /Users/standa/.node_modules/lib/node_modules/B/package.json
verbose readDependencies: using package.json deps
verbose cache add [ 'A@>=1.0.0', null ]
silly cache add: name, spec, args [ undefined, 'A@>=1.0.0', [ 'A@>=1.0.0', null ] ]
verbose parsed url { pathname: 'A@', path: 'A@', href: 'A@' }
silly cache add: name, spec, args [ 'A', '>=1.0.0', [ 'A', '>=1.0.0' ] ]
verbose parsed url { pathname: '=1.0.0', path: '=1.0.0', href: '=1.0.0' }
verbose addNamed [ 'A', '>=1.0.0' ]
verbose addNamed [ null, '>=1.0.0' ]
silly name, range, hasData [ 'A', '>=1.0.0', false ]
verbose raw, before any munging A
verbose url resolving [ 'https://registry.npmjs.org/', './A' ]
verbose url resolved https://registry.npmjs.org/A
verbose etag "CMZTX1BQVSBZN9ZA2GQ0K1IIC"
http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/A
http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/A
silly get cb [ 304,
silly get cb   { server: 'CouchDB/1.2.0 (Erlang OTP/R15B)',
silly get cb     etag: '"CMZTX1BQVSBZN9ZA2GQ0K1IIC"',
silly get cb     date: 'Fri, 16 Mar 2012 17:00:13 GMT',
silly get cb     'content-length': '0' } ]
verbose etag A from cache
silly name, range, hasData 2 [ 'A', '>=1.0.0', true ]
silly versions [ 'A', [ '0.0.1' ] ]
verbose about to build /Users/standa/.node_modules/lib/node_modules/B
info unbuild /Users/standa/.node_modules/lib/node_modules/B
verbose from cache /Users/standa/.node_modules/lib/node_modules/B/package.json
info preuninstall B@1.0.0
info uninstall B@1.0.0
verbose unbuild B@1.0.0 [ true,
verbose unbuild B@1.0.0   '/Users/standa/.node_modules/lib/node_modules',
verbose unbuild B@1.0.0   '/Users/standa/.node_modules/lib/node_modules' ]
verbose binRoot [ '/Users/standa/.node_modules/bin',
verbose binRoot   { 'npm-test-b': './b.js' } ]
info postuninstall B@1.0.0
ERR! Error: No compatible version found: A@'>=1.0.0'
ERR! Valid install targets:
ERR! ["0.0.1"]
ERR!     at installTargetsError (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/cache.js:488:10)
ERR!     at next_ (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/cache.js:438:17)
ERR!     at next (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/cache.js:415:44)
ERR!     at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/cache.js:408:5
ERR!     at saved (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/utils/npm-registry-client/get.js:150:7)
ERR!     at Object.oncomplete (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/graceful-fs/graceful-fs.js:231:7)
ERR! You may report this log at:
ERR!     <http://github.com/isaacs/npm/issues>
ERR! or email it to:
ERR!     <npm-@googlegroups.com>
ERR! 
ERR! System Darwin 11.3.0
ERR! command "node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "install" "-g" "./B"
ERR! cwd /private/tmp/gist-775920
ERR! node -v v0.6.13
ERR! npm -v 1.1.9
ERR! message No compatible version found: A@'>=1.0.0'
ERR! message Valid install targets:
ERR! message ["0.0.1"]
verbose exit [ 1, true ]

npm-debug-link.log

info it worked if it ends with ok
verbose cli [ 'node', '/usr/local/bin/npm', 'link', './B' ]
info using npm@1.1.9
info using node@v0.6.13
verbose config file /Users/standa/.npmrc
verbose config file /Users/standa/.node_modules/etc/npmrc
verbose config file /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/npmrc
verbose caching /private/tmp/gist-775920/B/package.json
verbose loadDefaults B@1.0.0
verbose link: build target /Users/standa/.node_modules/lib/node_modules/B
verbose install(where, what) [ '/private/tmp/gist-775920/B', [] ]
verbose from cache /private/tmp/gist-775920/B/package.json
verbose readDependencies: using package.json deps
verbose where, deps [ '/private/tmp/gist-775920/B', [ 'A' ] ]
verbose from cache /private/tmp/gist-775920/B/package.json
info preinstall B@1.0.0
verbose from cache /private/tmp/gist-775920/B/package.json
verbose readDependencies: using package.json deps
verbose cache add [ 'A@>=1.0.0', null ]
silly cache add: name, spec, args [ undefined, 'A@>=1.0.0', [ 'A@>=1.0.0', null ] ]
verbose parsed url { pathname: 'A@', path: 'A@', href: 'A@' }
silly cache add: name, spec, args [ 'A', '>=1.0.0', [ 'A', '>=1.0.0' ] ]
verbose parsed url { pathname: '=1.0.0', path: '=1.0.0', href: '=1.0.0' }
verbose addNamed [ 'A', '>=1.0.0' ]
verbose addNamed [ null, '>=1.0.0' ]
silly name, range, hasData [ 'A', '>=1.0.0', false ]
verbose raw, before any munging A
verbose url resolving [ 'https://registry.npmjs.org/', './A' ]
verbose url resolved https://registry.npmjs.org/A
verbose etag "CMZTX1BQVSBZN9ZA2GQ0K1IIC"
http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/A
http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/A
silly get cb [ 304,
silly get cb   { server: 'CouchDB/1.2.0 (Erlang OTP/R15B)',
silly get cb     etag: '"CMZTX1BQVSBZN9ZA2GQ0K1IIC"',
silly get cb     date: 'Fri, 16 Mar 2012 17:00:45 GMT',
silly get cb     'content-length': '0' } ]
verbose etag A from cache
silly name, range, hasData 2 [ 'A', '>=1.0.0', true ]
silly versions [ 'A', [ '0.0.1' ] ]
ERR! Error: No compatible version found: A@'>=1.0.0'
ERR! Valid install targets:
ERR! ["0.0.1"]
ERR!     at installTargetsError (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/cache.js:488:10)
ERR!     at next_ (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/cache.js:438:17)
ERR!     at next (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/cache.js:415:44)
ERR!     at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/cache.js:408:5
ERR!     at saved (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/utils/npm-registry-client/get.js:150:7)
ERR!     at Object.oncomplete (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/graceful-fs/graceful-fs.js:231:7)
ERR! You may report this log at:
ERR!     <http://github.com/isaacs/npm/issues>
ERR! or email it to:
ERR!     <npm-@googlegroups.com>
ERR! 
ERR! System Darwin 11.3.0
ERR! command "node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "link" "./B"
ERR! cwd /private/tmp/gist-775920
ERR! node -v v0.6.13
ERR! npm -v 1.1.9
ERR! message No compatible version found: A@'>=1.0.0'
ERR! message Valid install targets:
ERR! message ["0.0.1"]
verbose exit [ 1, true ]

package.json

{
  "name": "A",
  "version": "1.1.0",

  "main": "./a",
  "bin": { "npm-test-a": "./a.js" },

  "engines": {
    "node": ">=0.2.0"
  }
}

package.json

{
  "name": "B",
  "version": "1.0.0",

  "main": "./b",
  "bin": { "npm-test-b": "./b.js" },

  "dependencies": {
      "A": ">=1.0.0"
  },
  "engines": {
    "node": ">=0.2.0"
  }
}

Wonderful, thanks! Looking into the issue now.